External validation of the QCovid 2 and 3 risk prediction algorithms for risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation and mortality in adults: a national cohort study in Scotland.

Steven KerrTristan MillingtonIgor RudanColin McCowanHolly Tibble Karen JeffreyAdeniyi Francis FagbamigbeColin R SimpsonChris RobertsonJulia Hippisley-CoxAziz Sheikh

Published in: BMJ open (2023)

We found good discrimination of the QCovid 2 and 3 algorithms in Scotland, although performance was worse in higher age groups. Both the number of hospitalisations and the number of deaths were overestimated.

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